FVXX22 KWBC 090000 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0000 UTC 09 APR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-071 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH AND GAS VENTING. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS CONTINUES TO COVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2315 UTC DOES NOT SHOW ANY AREAS OF ASH. AN ASH PLUME WAS EVIDENT EARLIER TODAY AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BELOW FL060. DUE TO THE CLOUDINESS IN THE REGION IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ANY REMAINING ASH OR IF THERE MAY BE A NEW LOW-LEVEL PLUME. CAUTION IS STRONGLY ADVISED AS THERE MAY EASILY BE ASH EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LOWER LEVEL CLOUD DECKS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH THAT MAY EXIST TO FL060 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/0600 UTC. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . ORRISON . NNNN